Plants of the Punjab. 169 
Herss, EREcT, WITH Opposite EXSTIPULATE SIMPLE LEAVES. 
b) > 
Justicia Betonica, 
ACANTHACE. 
VaBo Lavea2o, 
The Plains. 
Justicia 
heterocarpa, 
ACANTHACE. 
Pe Buliv. 8k 
The Plains. 
Ferozepore (Vicary). 
Justicia pubigera, 
ACANTHACE. 
F. B. I. iv. 536. 
Himalaya, 
4-7,000 ft. 
Simla (Collett). 
Lear MarGins Entire. 
PETALS UNITED. 
CoROLLA TWO-LIPPED. 
STAMENS TWO. 
white bearded, style slender, minutely divided at the tip; 
capsule 4 by % in., short-pomted at both ends, oblong, 
2 to 3 times as long as broad, seeds 6-12, bony, wrinkled, 
twice as long as broad. 
large, branches round, smooth, tips velvety ; leaves 
4-12 in., ovate-lanceolate, dotted on both surfaces, leaf 
stalk 4 in.; flowers $ in. long, white, with rose spots, on 
short stalked continuous usually terminal spikes, bracts 
2-4 in., white with green nerves, ovate-short-pointed, 
bracteoles 3-$ in., like the bracts, calyx 5-segmented, 
segments 4 in., linear-lanceolate, velvety, corolla 2-lipped, 
upper lip 2-lobed, lower 3-lobed, stamens 2, anthers 2- 
celled, lower cell white tailed, style bifid, thread-like ; 
capsule 2 in., club-shaped, velvety, 4-seeded, seeds ovoid, 
somewhat flattened, smooth. 
small, covered with minute grey velvety down; 
leaves 1 by } in., ovate, with minute lines nearly smooth, 
stalk § in.; flowers minute, solitary to four together, 
axillary, bracts and bracteoles small, linear, calyx divided 
into 5, segments } in., linear, minutely velvety, corolla 
+ in., 2-lipped, upper lip shortly 2-lobed, lower lip shortly 
3-lobed, transversely marked, stamens 2, anthers ovate, 
lower part white tailed, style filiform, bifid ; capsules of 
two kinds in nearly every axil, normal capsule }-¢ in., 
oblong, ends rounded, short-pointed, scarcely stalked, 
velvety, 4-seeded, abnormal capsule winged, crested, 
one-seeded, seeds in normal capsules rough, almost hairy, 
in abnormal capsules the one seed is larger and smooth. 
large, stems round, hairy ; leaves 23-1} in., shortly 
stalked, ovate-lanceolate, hairy on both surfaces, long- 
pointed; flowers purplish-red, in axillary, stiff loose clusters, 
forming terminal leafy branching erect racemes, bracts 
3-4 in., linear, bracteoles none or minute, calyx 5-parted, 
segments 4 in., linear, velvety, corolla 2 in. long, velvety, 
straight, tubular, 2-hpped, lower lip 4 in. long, 3-lobed, 
recurved, upper lp erect, notched, stamens 2, anther- 
cells distinct, upper blunt, lower white tailed, style minutely 
2-lobed - capsule $in., velvety, stalked, seeds 4 or less 
